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Unlike many countries throughout the world, USA is relatively new to the scene in early childhood education as a federal and state policy. It is only in recent years that policymakers have turned to early childhood as a critical factor in children’s education. This chapter attempts to describe the current state of affairs in our policy efforts, and to reflect on our challenges in establishing a better safety net for our children at risk. To do so, I briefly describe our current policy priorities. I then move to examine the major types of programs serving our young children and then offer recommendations for the future.
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NEUMAN, S.B. (2015). Describing the Early Childhood Policy Landscape in the USA. In: HUO, L., B. NEUMAN, S., NANAKIDA, A. (eds) Early Childhood Education in Three Cultures. New Frontiers of Educational Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44986-8_4
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